by Blas Delgado, 2 September 2001
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by Blas Delgado, 2 September 2001
See also:
A tricolor with a sun-like
emblem at pueblos-de-puertorico.com site (defunct) ; a
bicolor on lexjuris.com
site- Green over blue with about the same emblem. Info on the
flag from the lexjuris.com
site clearly states: green - chestnut-brown - blue. The emblem is
the Sun of Otoao, an important emblem of the Taino culture. The
flag was designed by Luis E. Lafontaine. Utuado is in west
central Puerto Rico, 20 km south of Arecibo; it was founded 12
October 1739 and there are 34,980 inh; nickname: Ciudad del
Vivi'.
Jarig Bakker, 6 Febuary 2000
Utuado - In 5 January 1987, Utuado's City Council adopted its
flag. The upper green band represents the green mountains; the
brown band at the center symbolizes the rich land of Utuado, and
the light blue lower band is symbol of the rivers and lakes of
this land. The Otoao Sun at the center is copy of one of the most
important of our indigenous culture, our Tai'no culture. The
artisan Luis E. Lafontaine designed the flag.
Blas Delgado Ortiz, 17 April 2001
The Otoao Sun is inside a yellow frame bordered in black and
its edges following the Sun's contours.
Blas Delgado, 2 September 2001
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by Nelson Román, 23 July 2004
The design of the Coat of Arms of Utuado was made by Dr. J.J.
Santa Pinter de Arga and adopted in 1981 approved by the Decree
Number 24 of the 1980-1981 series. Its heraldic description is
the following one: In a blue field the figure of the Cemí in its
original color with a silver sword, gold grip. In the head to
right the figure of the Woman of Caguana, of gold, and to left a
stick with a pick in gold with a silver lamp with red flame. In
the base, an undulated stripe in silver. At the top a five point
crown in gold, surrounded with a brown stripe and covered in
silver. The banner's inscription "City Of The VIVI".
The symbolic meaning is the following one: The main figure of the
Coat of Arms is a Cemí crossed by a sword. The color of the
Cemí is brown, imitating the color of the earth. The silver
sword with gold grip invokes San Miguel Arcángel, Patron Saint
of Utuado. The Cemí indicates the rich pre-Columbian historical
tradition. The combination of the symbols stands for the unity
and continuity of the pagan past of the Taíno and the Christian
present of Utuado. The mythological indigenous figure represents
the Woman of Caguana, symbol of fertility for the Taínos. The
symbols of the mines, the gold pick and shovel crossed with the
traditional lamp of the silver miners, with the red flame, refer
to the mineral wealth of the zone and the mining operations of
the past. The color of the field is blue for the blue skies of
the town contrasting with the green of the landscape. The waving
silver stripe invokes the Vivi' River, of which Utuado takes its
name from "City of Vivi". For the top an Indian crown
brown. With it the traditional value of Utuado in pre-Columbian
history is indicated. This symbol distinguishes Utuado from the
remaining municipalities of the island.
Nelson Román, 23 July 2004
